Posts tagged: 80s
Atari Controller Candle Stick.
By Chrisjob" Candles are very seasonal right now - although this Atari 2600 controller candle holder is unlikely to appear on your mum's mantelpiece.
Shaped like the base iconic games controller from Atari's must-have console of the early 80s, it holds your candle - which uncannily looks like the stick.
I'm not sure what this is made of - but with a price of £50, I sense ceramic rather than plastic."
50 GBP? No sir. Go grab a busted controller from the thr » READ MORE
Pac-Man Pumpkins!
By ChrisjobCheck out these 8-bit gourds from EvilMadScientist.com. Truly, an example of the creative minds of Geekdom.
"Gourds like these have a hard shell, about 3 mm thick, that is rather hard to cut through. We used a loose drill bit (turned by hand) to make the initial cut. From there, a regular hobby knife (e.g., x-acto) works well. Once the soft flesh and seeds are scooped out, the hard shell can dry to make a semi-permanent display."
DIY 3-D Viewmaster.
By ChrisjobAn ambituous tinker dubbed Pyrofer has equipped a Viewmaster with twin LCD screens, which project the same image at varied spacing to mimic three dimensional viewing.
DIY Shrinky Dinks.
By ChrisjobMy parents are both science teachers: which means they always ruined the secrets to magic tricks, they forced me to identify every tree by leaf and bark type, and we always created our own versions of ‘science-y’ toys. We used to cook our Easy-Bake Oven meals with foil and a light bulb, and created our own slime with cornstarch and food coloring.
And, when we wanted our own shrinkable art, did we get the sweet pre-printed HeMan or Strawber » READ MORE
